DIY Projects

Finger Bend is a unique DIY Arduino powered textile flex sensor, created as part of the Swatch Exchange, enabling you to trigger actions by simply bending your finger. Created by the team at Willpower Studios, the textile flex sensor, named Finger Bend, offers a concept for such an interface. Check … [Read more...] about Arduino textile flex sensor concept

Arduino users and enthusiasts may be interested in some new tools created by the official Arduino team, to make checking your code as easy as possible. The automated tools are used with GitHub Actions, and allow anyone to set up a simple “smoke test” on every commit and pull request made to a GitHub … [Read more...] about GitHub Actions lets you test your Arduino projects

If you are interested in getting started or learning more about Raspberry Pi machine learning, you may be interested in a new Microsoft Machine Learning Kit for Lobe which comes supplied complete with a Raspberry Pi 4 4GB mini PC to get you started. Priced at $130 the kit is now available from the … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi 4 Microsoft machine learning kit for Lobe

If you are interested in learning how to program the new Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller, recently launched by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and now available to purchase priced at just $5, you may be interested in a new tutorial published to the Hackster.io website this week guiding you through how … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi Pico programmed using Arduino IDE

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts and PC system builders may be interested in performance tests carried out on a water-cooled Raspberry Pi cluster built by YouTuber Michael Klements. The awesome build consists of eight Raspberry Pi 4B 2GB mini PC systems all watercooled and connected via a TP-Link 16 Port … [Read more...] about Water-cooled Raspberry Pi cluster performance tested

If you are interested in building your very own Raspberry Pi tablet, you may be intrigued by a project from "jrberendt" who has ingeniously created a tablet powered by a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B mini PC. This innovative device is energized by a 5,000 mAH Pi Sugar Pro 2 battery pack, ensuring a … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi tablet with 5? DSI touchscreen

If you are interested in purchasing a touchpad to control your streaming devices or similar, new may be interested in a DIY version constructed using a Adafruit Feather RP2040 and 3.5" TFT display, powered by CircuitPython. CircuitPython is a derivative of MicroPython designed to simplify … [Read more...] about DIY Touch Deck customizable TFT control pad

You need to keep unwanted guests out of your office or bedroom you may be interested in a new Raspberry Pi digital do not disturb sign project published to the official Raspberry Pi magazine website this week. Offering an easy to build project using the Raspberry Pi Zero W mini PC together with a … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi Zero digital do not disturb sign project

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts or those looking to get started programming the new microcontroller launched earlier this year, may be interested in a new drag-and-drop visual programming environment called Piper Make. The web-based software allows you to develop programs for the Pico using a drag-and-drop … [Read more...] about Piper Make Raspberry Pi Pico drag-and-drop visual programming environment